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First Lady of Syria (Arabic: السيدة الأولى للجمهورية العربية السورية, romanized: al-Sayyidah al-Ūlá lil-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah al-Sūrīyah) is a title attributed to the spouse of the incumbent president of Syria (currently Bashar al-Assad). For the past 51 years, two consecutive first ladies have come from the same ruling family, the Al-Assad family.
First Lady of the Syrian Arab Republic السيدة الأولى للجمهورية العربية السورية | |
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Residence | People's Palace and Tishreen Palace, Damascus |
Term length | Seven years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | Bahira al-Dalati (wife of Shukri al-Quwatli) |
Formation | 17 April 1946 |
Name | Term Begins | Term Ends | Incumbent President |
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Bahira al-Dalati[1] | 17 August 1943 | 30 May 1949 | Shukri al-Quwatli |
Nouran al-Za'im[2] | 11 April 1949 | 14 August 1949 | Husni al-Za'im |
none | 14 August 1949 | 15 August 1949 | Sami al-Hinnawi |
none | 15 August 1949 | 2 December 1951 | Hashim al-Atassi |
none | 3 December 1951 | 11 July 1953 | Fawzi Selu |
Fatina al-Fanari[3] | 11 July 1953 | 25 February 1954 | Adib Shishakli |
none | 28 February 1954 | 6 September 1955 | Hashim al-Atassi |
Bahira al-Dalati | 6 September 1955 | 22 February 1958 | Shukri al-Quwatli |
Tahia Kazem (as First Lady of the United Arab Republic) | 22 February 1958 | 14 December 1961 | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
Şehire al-Kudsi | 14 December 1961 | 8 March 1963 | Nazim al-Kudsi |
? | 9 March 1963 | 27 July 1963 | Lu'ay al-Atassi |
Zeinab al-Hafiz | 27 July 1963 | 23 February 1966 | Amin al-Hafiz |
Salma al-Hasibi | 25 February 1966 | 18 November 1970 | Nureddin al-Atassi |
Anisa Makhlouf | 12 March 1971 | 10 June 2000 | Hafez al-Assad |
Asma al-Assad[4] | 13 December 2000 | Present | Bashar al-Assad |
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